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The word 'skelpt'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
skelptOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.92217
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 65.5 5 1
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.7 3 3
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of skelpt in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Ireland, Mark Wi A Facey Like Yours, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
rry up or yi’ll be gettin a skelpt luggie!"
1 matches

General Northern

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
I wis a young man I could hae skelpt the lot o them masel but noo. on page 74

1 matches

Bundy Broch The Doric Min, (YouTube 2020) Doric - Brouch, poetry
He skelpt ma ower the lug, and kicked a
1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
t thon @PaulLawriegolf ? He's skelpt mair baws than @MissKatiePric(2016)

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
um an broke tae bits. Ah near skelpt her lug.
1 matches

West Central

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
re since they hud their arses skelpt in yon elections the last tim
1 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
he mumbled. Her nan would’a skelpt her fir that. Feedin twa bird
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
tanes like a slalom skier. He skelpt alang as fast as he cuid, lou on page 66

1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
need tae ask again as Pearcey skelpt him aboot wae it, the big bul
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
air burstin wi curiosity, she skelpt across the meedow efter it, a on page 8
e tae mak her escape: sae she skelpt awa an ran till she wis fair on page 41

2 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
on the pownie's bare back an skelpt awa alang the road by Plewlan on page 34
the watter tae Ireland, then skelpt awa tae France wi his tail at on page 62
kle cloud o white stour as he skelpt his hauns on his apron tae di on page 72

3 matches

General Central

Matheson, Ann Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
s paper, afore haein his erse skelpt in Jedburgh, the Galloway nag on page 127

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
gruppt the laddie by yae lug, skelpt the tither, an sent him spraw
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
faces beamed bricht red like skelpt erses if ye went onywhere nea on page 76

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
the crew an they skelpt their nakit airses on page 83

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
curls @ClashCityClarky Ah wis skelpt masel aboot the lug fir cryin(2020)

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
cudnae run fast, but ma feet skelpt the groon that fast ah cud ha
1 matches

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
Belyve, the Redcoats skelpt them at Ballynahinch. #Ulster (2015) twitter link

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
ha dae ye thïnk ït wus that skelpt ye?" An the' caad hïm iverie on page 108

1 matches

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